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NCLEX Nutrition

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1. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this






2. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?






3. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?






4. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?






5. If patient. has beriberi - or wernicke korsakoff syndrome what type of foods would be needed?






6. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies






7. What orange vegetables are good to eat?






8. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet






9. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy






10. When does BMR increase?






11. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency






12. What does DASH stand for?






13. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?






14. How much more calories are needed for lactation?






15. When does BMR decrease?






16. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease






17. How much meat/beans should be eaten?






18. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?






19. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?






20. What is RDA of protein?






21. What function is vitamin D?






22. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?






23. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?






24. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?






25. Name six sources of grains






26. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?






27. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value






28. What is normal BMI?






29. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs






30. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?






31. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?






32. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?






33. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?






34. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?






35. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?






36. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems






37. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value






38. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy






39. What foods are needed for this deficiency of nutritional anemia - or neural tube defects?






40. What foods have high quality protein?






41. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?






42. What are healthy sources of fats?






43. Fats can lead to some medical problems






44. How much sodium may be consumed per day?






45. What is normal albumin levels?






46. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?






47. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily






48. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram






49. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?






50. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?